Three Vandals wrestlers picked up Championship Semifinals wins Friday night and advance to the Championship matches on Saturday night while two others will be in the Wrestleback Semifinals Saturday morning. Max Philpot at 113, Preston Waughtel at 120 and Tyson Waughtel at 126 will all wrestle for 1st and 2nd while Dillon Hinton at 150 and Ross Miller at 175 go to the Wrestleback Semifinals where they will wrestle to determine if they will compete for 3rd/4th or 5th/6th. All five of those wrestlers are guaranteed medalists for the tournament as the top 6 in each weight class medal.
Full Wrestler-by-Wrestler Championship Semifinal Round Breakdown:
Max Philpot, 113lbs: Philpot beat Dylan Eimer of Stanford Olympia by Decision (7-0) in the Semifinals and advances to compete in the Championship match where he will face Austin Hagevold of Woodstock Marian.
Preston Waughtel, 120lbs: P. Waughtel beat Adam Glauser of Richmond Burton by Fall in 1:40 in the Semifinals and advances to compete in the Championship match where he will face Brayden Teunissen of Woodstock Marian.
Tyson Waughtel, 126lbs: T. Waughtel beat Dawson Hawthorne of Belleville Althoff by Tech Fall (15-0) in 2:53 in the Semifinals and advances to compete in the Championship match where he will face Cooper Morris of Coal City.
Dillon Hinton, 150lbs: Hinton lost to Vance Williams of Woodstock Marian by Decision (12-6) in the Championship Semifinals and will now go to the Wrestleback Semifinals where he will face either Keyton King of Salem or Henry Hilldreth of Stillman.
Ross Miller, 175lbs: Miller lost to Blake Livdahl of Richmond Burton by Decision (6-5) in the Championship Semifinals and will now go to the Wrestleback Semifinals where he will face either Ryan Rink of Tolono Unity or Colin Hughy of Trico.
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